Diyarbak

Five people were killed late Jan. 13 when a car bomb exploded near a district police post in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, officials have said.

Numerous human rights, the right to life being number one, are being violated in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, a delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has said upon its return from the city that has been the site of ongoing clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

A number of deputies from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) health commission visited on Jan. 11 the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, where military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are continuing.

Police seized a large stash of ammunition and automatic weapons from a house in the southeastern province of Van where 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed on Jan. 10. 

Turkish prosecutors on Jan. 11 opened a criminal investigation into the host and the producer of a popular television talk show on charges of "terrorist propaganda" after a caller talked about the civilian casualties during the security operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern part of the country.

A Turkish court lessened the penalty of a man who stabbed his wife to death in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r on Feb. 14, 2015, from a life sentence to 20 years in prison on the conviction that the perpetrator would not commit a murder again.

A soldier has succumbed to his wounds following clashes with alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that left two soldiers dead and another 10 wounded in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r on Jan. 10. 

VICE News journalist and fixer Mohammed Rasool, who was arrested in southeastern Turkey 131 days ago, was finally released from jail on Jan. 5.

Lawyer Muhammed Ne?et Girasun had demanded Rasool's release, citing a lack of evidence for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the longevity of his arrest.

Turkey's main nationalist leader has signaled his willingness to lift the immunity of lawmakers from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) while also blaming the president and the government for the growth in recent militancy.

Six people have been killed while 24 have been wounded as two passenger buses collided due to icy conditions after days of snow in the Central Anatolian province of Konya.